Not much to take from that apart from a silky nutmeg and ability to get out of tight spot witha decent pass.
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Not much to take from that apart from a silky nutmeg and ability to get out of tight spot witha decent pass.
Have you ever seen him play before? Mkhitaryan is twice the player Mane is honestly. It's unbelievable how some people jump the gun. He played for 15 minutes ffs
Mane over Mkhitaryan? 
If you're making that comment you have never watched Mane and Micky play on a consistent basis.
If you're making that comment you have never watched Mane and Micky play on a consistent basis.Of course I have seen both. And the comment about Mane was not anything to do with Mkhi?
Do I think Mane is the superior player? no I haven't said that.. what I will say is that I wanted someone athletic on the right flank, like a Martial and for me Mkhi is more of a number 10. That is all.
Rooney's goal will keep him in Mourinho's thoughts that bit longer. Wouldn't be surprised to see Mkhitaryan benched for Southampton too, and its no cause for alarm bells either. There is great competition for places and I think Mata's performance don't warrant a drop either.
Hope to see the real Mickey by November/December - expect based on his time at BvB he settles slowly but surely.
Mkhitaryan was on Jose's profile list, so I think we should trust Jose on this one. He wanted this specific player with his specific qualities to help United win the Premier League and more. If Jose wanted another player more than Mkhitaryan, I believe United would have gotten that player.
Patience is taboo in CAF, so not too shocked at the irrational comments. He may not pan out, but let's not jump to conclusions as of a crap pre-season for all and after match week 1.
Patience is taboo in CAF, so not too shocked at the irrational comments. He may not pan out, but let's not jump to conclusions as of a crap pre-season for all and after match week 1.
Class player. Watch him get more minutes progressively as Rooney gets subbed off earlier going forward.
Zlatan and Bailly's roles are very straightforward. Forward and CB. Mkhi's is less so and he's in a larger pool of players for the no.10/RW role. Won't read into anything right now yet, more likely Mourinho going through the options while it's still early in the season.
This is just as bad as the criticism you're dishing out
Jose was already starting with 2 new players on Sunday, not sure if he would've wanted a third. As a key signing, Mkhi will get plenty of chances, and I think he will establish himself by the later half of the season.
Was it Luis Jose signed for Chelsea when he thought he needed a LB? But once it was done Jose never played him because of the form of Azpelicueta, two games in so too early to draw the same comparison right now but both Lingard and Mata both seem to be ahead of him right now
He's barely been given a chance at all since he joined, I find it odd.
Indeed. Kagawa 2.0
Why are people talking someone down after two games?
He could start a few games a end up a first choice pick, at the moment he's maybe not ready to start games.
He could start a few games a end up a first choice pick, at the moment he's maybe not ready to start games.
After 1 league game, people are comparing him to Kagawa? After 1 league game?
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You have just drawn a conclusion after saying to early to draw one?? lol charlenefan but I know what you mean!
Aye, apparently he's also a bit of a confidence player. Hence it took him a whileto settle in Dortmund. I don't him being eased in, as long as it doesn't impact his confidence. But if we know it, I'm pretty sure the coaching staff are aware.
I hope he starts against Southampton, he is our most creative player and can add another dimension to our attack which we lack. I know it's early but signing a player and not playing him is a bit odd.
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Kagawa actually started off really well at United. His debut against Everton in particular was great.After 1 league game, people are comparing him to Kagawa? After 1 league game?
Jose is giving him time to settle in. Dont see a problem here at all
Yep. Don't want a Berbatov situation here. I always thought Fergie broke him into the team far too soon. Dropping Tevez who was part of the CL winning team for a player who by his very nature split opinions was never very fair on Berbatov (or Tevez), especially when you consider how introspective and fragile Berba was mentally.
I'm sure Jose is just easing the guy in. He was one of his 4 essential players, there's no way he decided in two preseason games that he doesn't want him
I'm sure Jose is just easing the guy in. He was one of his 4 essential players, there's no way he decided in two preseason games that he doesn't want him
Let's not fool ourselves, some people were just waiting to make the Kagawa comparison, no matter how early and how idiotic it would look.
Once he gets his first start, everyone who is doubting him and all that will see how ridiculous those doubts are. Hes a brilliant player, not a big deal that he didnt start in the first game of the season we were away from home.
maybe Jose's 6 month studying of what we need has failed drastically...lets flog Zlatan as he's obviously too old and Pogba too as he's done nothing since he arrived for a record fee
Two competitive games, one of them barely relevant? Maybe he's just not match-sharp yet. Or José's been preoccupied trying to prove to us all that he doesn't hate Mata.
Mane over Mkhitaryan?
To be fair, even Mane hasn't seen Mane play consistently.
It's obvious that Mourinho isn't satisfied that he can fufill his requirements yet, otherwise he'd be starting.
Don't buy the 'getting up to speed, match fitness' BS either. He wasn't at the Euros, he had an advantage over many players.
There's certainly an early issue growning here with regards Mkhitaryan's role in the team, hopefully he plays his way in and puts an end to the question marks soon. But make no mistake, as things stand, Mourinho isn't happy with him.
Don't buy the 'getting up to speed, match fitness' BS either. He wasn't at the Euros, he had an advantage over many players.
There's certainly an early issue growning here with regards Mkhitaryan's role in the team, hopefully he plays his way in and puts an end to the question marks soon. But make no mistake, as things stand, Mourinho isn't happy with him.
Unlike many other players it's first season in the Premier League. A wrecking ball like Bailly might be expected to find he is immediately well suited to the rough and tumble of PL football but Mkhitaryan wouldn't be the first footballer from the continent who needs to be more gradually bedded in.
I thin the problem with Mkhtiaryan in particular might be that judging from his time at Dortmund he needs to have things going his way completely to perform at his best. So in that sense the pressure he feels might be too high if he gets a couple of sub minutes to earn himself a spot instead of feeling the full trust of the manager.
Who knows though, maybe he's matured..
Yeah I'm not buying the fact he's not playing because Mourinho isn't satisfied with him, only recently he said this for God sake.
Also, we paid big money for him and Jose had a lot of time to analyse who he wants before he was officially our manager. He said that himself. No way he'd right him off this quick.
Also, we paid big money for him and Jose had a lot of time to analyse who he wants before he was officially our manager. He said that himself. No way he'd right him off this quick.
Mourinho has even made comments about Bailly. Something along the lines of, despite him clearly possessing the attributes we want, it's his first season in a new league, new country etc. etc. so I'm sure if Smalling was fit and/or Jones/Rojo were actually good enough, there may have been a decent chance he didn't start the season.
I'd agree this could be the reason, I'm just not fully convinced it is yet.
People were saying the same about Cuadrado in January 2015 when he didn't go straight into the team. But I'm not sure what kind of say Mourinho had in that transfer.
I hope he gets up to speed soon, but I'm just saying it's not a great sign that he hasn't.
We havent even played our first home game of the season yet! Jose has been gushing over him. There's no way he's lost interest. Give it time.
He didn't play Willian much either after 1st signing him for Chelsea. He gradually introduced him into the 1st team and then he became the regular starter he is today.
Willian made his league debut for Chelsea in October. Oscar played his first game in late September. Mourinho does seem to prefer bedding new signings in slowly, even the good ones. I'm sure there's exceptions to this but he's got the luxury of having loads of options right now, so can err on the side of caution.
Yeah fair enough, hopefully this is the case and he doesn't turn out to be another Kagawa/Cuadrado.
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